Hartford Prints will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

Hartford Prints will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

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Source Coffeehouse will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

Source Coffeehouse will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

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Whisk + Brush will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

Whisk + Brush will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

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Vintranthromobile will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

Vintranthromobile will be among the vendors at Park City Pop Up!, an event spotlighting Connecticut crafters at B:Hive Bridgeport on Saturday, April 19.

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Bridgeport event spotlights local vendors, downtown culture

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Peruse vintage clothes and handmade jewelry, taste organic juices and family-farmed coffee and get "complimentary high fives and hugs" (per the event's Facebook page) at Park City Pop Up! on Saturday, April 19.

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Bryan, of Bridgeport, also will be on hand to promote Whisk & Brush, her self-started business and maker of kitchen and home life products. The company also is planning a series of pop-up dinners at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport this summer.

Hartford Prints, a letter press shop and studio, will sell stationery, greeting and post cards, buttons, mugs, coasters and T-shirts, "all handmade in our studio in Hartford," said co-owner Callie Heilmann, of Bridgeport, adding that the business also specializes in branding and logos.

Heilmann said it's part of the company's mission "to promote positive things about Connecticut and make people feel good about spending their money locally.

"It's a natural thing for us to connect with other small businesses across the state."

After Park City Pop Up!, visitors can stick around downtown Bridgeport for a show at the Bijou Theatre or Downtown Cabaret Theatre, a visit to one of the neighborhood's many galleries, including the City Lights Gallery and Read's Art Space, or have a drink or a bite at one of the area's 20-plus bars and restaurants.

Bryan said she and other supporters of the community are "very much aware of the negative stereotypes pinned on Bridgeport." However, she hopes that by luring people downtown, and showing them all it has to offer, they'll "see how great it is" and keep coming back.

"We don't necessarily want to convince people to come to Bridgeport," she said. "We want them to be so interested in what we're doing that they can't help but come here."